Monthly Archives: July 2012

Checked the Squashes/Cucumbers, they’re still in trouble.

Just one squash I saw had about 6 mini spiders on it alone. And I ended up just pulling up one of the squashes. The UFO zucchini is dead but I still have some growth but I don’t know for … Continue reading

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Tethering the tomatoes

I just used about 7 ‘bed post turned tomato stakes’, two of which I had to stake outside of the raised bed into the ground because the tomatoes had flopped over and so I lifted them off the ground or … Continue reading

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Garden Picks and Updates

This mornings and yesterdays pick. My very first eggplant! I was thrilled to see no spiders and though there was yellowed squash/cucumber leaves and so I was happy to find a lemon cucumber hidden away. I am enjoying seeing the … Continue reading

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Spiders are attacking my Squash plants

I went out and noticed that some of my squash plants were dying. I looked at the plants and saw spiders everywhere. I read that garden spiders, whatever their correct name is, suck the roots of nutrients which causes the … Continue reading

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I’m about to start drive-by squashing!!!

I kind of did this already. I took about 7 summer squashes and 1 UFO zucchini to my friend in Detroit yesterday. Good Luck Deborah-lol!!! But in going out in the garden tonight I noticed alot of leaves looked troubled, … Continue reading

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Lafayette Greens Urban Community Garden in Detroit

I was very surprised when visting my hometown of Detroit and seeing an urban community called the Lafayette Greens Community Garden where there there used to be an old building. The building is gone and in its place is a … Continue reading

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Tomato Cluster

Here’s a few photos: Tomato Cluster and baby peppers.

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Dehydrating fruits and veggies

My mom loaded us down with vegetables and fruit from Randazzo’s in MI and brought it back here to Fort Wayne. So with every freezers, shelf etc full, I’ve had to cut up and dry some of the store bought … Continue reading

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Garden Update

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First Lemon cuke ans loads of Squash

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